çıra

See also: CIRA, Cira, cira, čirá, and çira

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چرا, from Persian (čerâğ). Doublet of çırak and çerağ

Noun

çıra (definite accusative çırayı, plural çıralar)

pitch pine wood
- 1937 June 29, headline in Son Telgraf:
  Yeni kanun / Çıra ile aydınlanan köyler petrol yakacak
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(dialect) lamp, lantern, light, candle

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 972
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 715
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian (čerâ).

Adverb

çıra

why

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